Vincent Ho Chak-yiu started his Sunday by taking part in the torch relay for the upcoming National Games and ended it with a Happy Valley winner after saluting aboard Brave Star at the city circuit.
Ho was one of nine torch-bearers from the Jockey Club, with chairman Martin Liao Cheung-kong and chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges also among the contingent, and the rider carried the flame through Tsim Sha Tsui.
It was Ho’s first time taking part in the relay and an experience he will cherish.
“It was an honour to represent Hong Kong as a jockey and an athlete. The National Games is important and it’s my honour to do it,” said Ho as he left Happy Valley on Sunday night carrying his torc
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